Warm-Up Strategies for Sport and Exercise: Mechanisms and Applications

Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1523-1546

  McGowan, Courtney J ^a   Pyne, David B ^a,b   Thompson, Kevin G ^a   Rattray, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELL; SPORT; WARM UP;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPORTS; WARM-UP EXERCISE;

EID: 84945190051     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0376-x     Document Type: Review

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